Whiteside County Sheriff

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The driver of a semitractor-trailer charged with improper passing in the death of a tractor driver in Rock Falls is scheduled to appear in Whiteside County traffic court in Sterling on May 13.

The driver of the pickup truck that investigators say failed to stop at an intersection, resulting in the death of his three passengers, was cited for failure to stop and for violating his graduated license restrictions.

Whiteside County authorities have released the name of a man killed Wednesday morning when the tractor he was driving was hit by a semitractor-trailer on Route 40.

One person was killed Wednesday morning when the tractor that he was driving was hit by a semitractor-trailer on Route 40 at the intersection of Route 172/Star Road south of Rock Falls, according to a news release from Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker.

Participants are needed for a procession of vehicles from the church to the cemetery Thursday for one of the three Tampico teens killed last week in a traffic collision.

Funeral services are set for the three Tampico boys killed Thursday in a traffic collision outside the village.

Whiteside County Coroner Joseph McDonald released the names of the three teenagers killed Thursday in a collision with a semi at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther Roads outside the village.

Three students are dead following a crash at the intersection of Hahnaman and Luther roads in rural Tampico; a fourth teen sustained serious, but nonlife-threatening, injuries, sheriff says.

A trial date is set for a Deer Grove man charged with aggravated DUI in a head-on collision that took the life of the president of Astec Mobile Screens in Sterling in 2021.

A 31-year-old registered sex offender from rural Rock Falls is in Whiteside County jail, accused of beating a 6-year-old boy.

Snowstorm brought 5 inches or more to the Sauk Valley, and it isn't over yet – super cold temperatures are on the way.

A Rock Falls woman wanted in Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, as well as several states, for failing to appear on a variety of low-level felony and misdemeanor offenses dating back at least four years, was arrested this week in Rock Falls.

A Rock Falls man with a history of weapons charges, who was arrested 10 months ago after an armed standoff with police, was charged Thursday with three felonies in the incident, which means he now has four ongoing felony cases in Whiteside County Court.

A woman is jailed and a man is wanted in a violent home invasion a week ago in Rock Falls, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker said,